Idaho — statewide
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Food Protection Program
In short
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Food Protection Program issues 1 permit we publish for Idaho — statewide, last verified 2026-09-04. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food Safety Exam or Certified Food Protection Manageronly if it applies to you | Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Food Protection Program | No fee | 5 years for the state exam certificate | 2026-09-04 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Food Safety Exam or Certified Food Protection Manager
No fee, because Idaho runs its own food safety exam and gives it away free through the health department's own portal — a genuine alternative to paying a private accredited provider. The rule gives the person in charge three separate ways to satisfy the knowledge requirement: having no priority violations at the time of inspection, completing the state's free exam or an equivalent course, or holding a certified food protection manager credential from an accredited private programme. Only the person in charge needs to satisfy one of these three, not every employee, and the state exam certificate is valid for five years once earned.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Idaho — statewide
- Phone
- (208) 334-4994
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- IDAPA 16.02.19 — the Idaho Food Code, the seven-district delegation and the statewide 31 December expiryIdaho Department of Health and Welfare · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
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